Re: tOfficial ask Pantry to review things thread

[Guest]

Popeye's has fallen pretty hard, Goose. They used to be great. Now they are pretty bad.

Pantry there is a new-ish place called Gus's that people rave about. There's one on Woodward just N of 13 on the West side. I have yet to try it but I mean to.

It could be true. I average eating at McD's or BK maybe once a month tops. Taco Bell or Wendys maybe once a quarter. Haven't had any fast food fish or chicken in probably 2-3 years. A huge change from when we were on the road 20 days a month and eating FF 2-3 times a day. I considered myself an expert then - not even close now.

[tGreenWay]

Lewerke' hair vs. Rocky's hair?

Um yeah make it a triple cuz Joe Bachie wants in on this.

[The Pantry]

Never tried Chick-fil-A. Looking at their menu, comparing them to KFC would be sorta apples-to-oranges since CFA is mostly sandwiches and chicken bits. If their chicken is so good why can't you order a bucket of breasts, thighs, wings, and drumsticks?

KFC ftw. btw...Popeyes, Church's, and Chicken Shack are all very far behind the Colonel's original secret recipe.

All of the named +BoJangles and Lee's Famous beat the Colonel.

Would be cool to line up all of their drumsticks for a blind taste test. The results could be shocking.

Maybe your nearest KFC sucks?

[tGreenWay]

Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marines?
Oh, and Coast Guard.

[Guest]

All of the named +BoJangles and Lee's Famous beat the Colonel.

Would be cool to line up all of their drumsticks for a blind taste test. The results could be shocking.

Maybe your nearest KFC sucks?

It would be but as noted above I've not had KFC for 2-3 years or more. The one in Grayling closed 3-4 years ago and it did suck. When I lived in FL there was a small chain down there called PoppaJ's that was good. No idea if they're still around.

[The Pantry]

Lewerke' hair vs. Rocky's hair?

Blond and 99.2% Finnish I gotta go with Rocky, but he needs a haircut.

[TheReal_LWS]

Review me as a poster please.

[The Pantry]

Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marines?
Oh, and Coast Guard.

Silly question. They all kick ass.

Random factoid: The US Air Force was not officially created until 1947. All the bombers and fighter planes that helped deliver the win over Nazi Germany were commanded by the Army Air Force / Army Air Corps

[The Pantry]

Review me as a poster please.

Conservative, firm believer in the Constitution and BoR, sportsman, and occasional attention whore.

[Jake from State Farm]

Peanut butter on a ritz cracker or cheese on a triscuit.

[tGreenWay]

Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marines?
Oh, and Coast Guard.

Silly question. They all kick ass.

Random factoid: The US Air Force was not officially created until 1947. All the bombers and fighter planes that helped deliver the win over Nazi Germany were commanded by the Army Air Force / Army Air Corps

Good answer. Thanks for the history factoid, too. Didn’t know that. There were quite a few changes made after the war, including the establishment of the CIA and the Dept. of Defense.

[The Pantry]

Peanut butter on a ritz cracker or cheese on a triscuit.

Cheese on a Triscuit. I find the sugar content in Ritz crackers off-putting.

[steveschneider]

Lewerke' hair vs. Rocky's hair?

lol!!!

[Guest]

Pantry really needs to compare his favorite breakfast spot to Ellie's. I may be getting too provincial in my old age but this place is great. Gotta skip cooking here tomorrow morning.

Sleep in Saturday is tomorrow! :) not for me..lol.. I'll be brewing the coffee! Our Special is going to be by request.
***Peanut Butter & Jelly Stuffed French Toast w/meat $7.95
( homemade peanut butter, cream cheese filling, in between 2 perfectly dipped pieces of Texas toast. (Secret ingredients) Grilled to a crisp golden, brown and topped w/strawberry compote) Did someone say YES!!!!
****Biscuits and Gravy w/fruit $5.95
( 2 open faced, grilled, buttermilk biscuits. With real butter, I might add. Topped with our House made sausage gravy) Yes I said Gravy
Come on in for breakfast, I'll be waiting!

[Nordic]

pork butt vs. pork shoulder?

[Cameron]

Butter vs. I Can't Believe It's Not Butter.

[The Pantry]

Pantry really needs to compare his favorite breakfast spot to Ellie's.   I may be getting too provincial in my old age but this place is great.   Gotta skip cooking here tomorrow morning.

Sleep in Saturday is tomorrow! :) not for me..lol.. I'll be brewing the coffee! Our Special is going to be by request.
***Peanut Butter & Jelly Stuffed French Toast w/meat $7.95
( homemade peanut butter, cream cheese filling, in between 2 perfectly dipped pieces of Texas toast. (Secret ingredients) Grilled to a crisp golden, brown and topped w/strawberry compote) Did someone say YES!!!!
****Biscuits and Gravy w/fruit $5.95
( 2 open faced, grilled, buttermilk biscuits. With real butter, I might add. Topped with our House made sausage gravy) Yes I said Gravy
Come on in for breakfast, I'll be waiting!

Not much of a sweets fan.  Haven't had pancakes, waffles, or french toast since my last kid moved out of the house.  Like sausage gravy on a country omelet but not a fan of biscuits.

[The Pantry]

pork butt vs. pork shoulder?

Like them both so always smoke one of each

[The Pantry]

Butter vs. I Can't Believe It's Not Butter.

Wouldn't eat margarine if you paid me

[tGreenWay]

Pantry really needs to compare his favorite breakfast spot to Ellie's. I may be getting too provincial in my old age but this place is great. Gotta skip cooking here tomorrow morning.

Sleep in Saturday is tomorrow! :) not for me..lol.. I'll be brewing the coffee! Our Special is going to be by request.
***Peanut Butter & Jelly Stuffed French Toast w/meat $7.95
( homemade peanut butter, cream cheese filling, in between 2 perfectly dipped pieces of Texas toast. (Secret ingredients) Grilled to a crisp golden, brown and topped w/strawberry compote) Did someone say YES!!!!
****Biscuits and Gravy w/fruit $5.95
( 2 open faced, grilled, buttermilk biscuits. With real butter, I might add. Topped with our House made sausage gravy) Yes I said Gravy
Come on in for breakfast, I'll be waiting!

Mother of God. Gimme.

[Cameron]

Butter vs. I Can't Believe It's Not Butter.

Wouldn't eat margarine if you paid me

So you CAN believe it's not butter. Got it.

[Guest]

You need to find another restaurant to match with this one for a taste test.

Dearborn's Al Ameer only Michigan restaurant on Eater U.S. list

Al Ameer, one of Dearborn’s longtime Lebanese restaurants, has been named to Eater’s 2018 list of America’s 38 Essential Restaurants. It’s the only Michigan restaurant on the food and dining website's fifth annual list.

This is Al Ameer's third consecutive year on the list, which was put together by Eater restaurant critic Bill Addison and released Tuesday. The former Torino restaurant in Ferndale is the only other Michigan establishment that has made the list.

According to Eater, the list was crafted after more than eight months of travel by Addison to 36 cities, where he ate nearly 600 meals.

While praising of Al Ameer on his 2017 list, Addison wrote: “Among the wealth of Dearborn’s Lebanese restaurants, Khalil Ammar and Zaki Hashem’s family enterprise excels in its always-fresh mezze and lush stuffed lamb.”

In 2016, he wrote that Al Ameer “ shines as an example of hospitality and superb cooking. They also run a butcher shop, an advantage that shows in the freshness of their peerless stuffed lamb.”

[The Pantry]

Sounds good, especially the stuffed lamb. Bet their kibbeh nayyeh is awesome.

[tGreenWay]

I could make the best stuffed lamb in Michigan. I choose not to.

[Guest]

I could make the best stuffed lamb in Michigan. I choose not to.

You're a great man to restrain yourself from crushing the egos of the numerous restaurateurs of middle eastern descent trying to scratch out a living in Michigan .

[tGreenWay]

I could make the best stuffed lamb in Michigan. I choose not to.

You're a great man to restrain yourself from crushing the egos of the numerous restaurateurs of middle eastern descent trying to scratch out a living in Michigan .

This is the smartest, most truthful statement you’ve ever made. And thanks, I try to stay in my lane.

[kingstonlake]

Cleaves or Skiles

[DWags]

I could make the best stuffed lamb in Michigan. I choose not to.

You're a great man to restrain yourself from crushing the egos of the numerous restaurateurs of middle eastern descent trying to scratch out a living in Michigan .

Sorry, like the Easter bunny there is no such thing as great stuffed lamb.

[duffy munn]

Cleaves or Skiles

Skiles. I know Mateen won it all but let's see him do it with Larry Polec and Barry Fordham.

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